[Crowebar]

Who cares? It's 2009 now. Not 2006. BF playing and singing The Grinch in Toronto was fucking awesome. The crowd loved it.

[tkarmy]

I get not everyone likes Robin's playing but I love it... Its really a love or hate thing with him. I didn't mean the show was technically brilliant but more the look of excitement within the band... like they were thinking "awesome its finally going to happen"... sadly it took 2 1/2 more years. But like someone said 'who cares its 2009'... fair enough. I'm super jazzed to see them in Jan!

[IRS2008]

Nothing can compare to seeing the 4 hour 1991 Greensboro show back in the day.

And when they came around in 2006 with the new band I was hugely skeptical especially after 02' VMAS ,but I have to say Greensboro 2006 was one of the best shows of my life, period. It was 2.5 hrs of pure magic- AXL sounded unbelievable & the band was on fire. It made me fall in love with GNR all over again! (and yes, my girfriend loved them too)

This post has been edited by IRS2008: 06 November 2009 - 12:29 PM

[Cavalcanti]

HisRoyalSweetness, on 06 November 2009 - 04:43 PM, said:

i too hope they gnr can recapture the magic of 2006. bumblefoot had just joined. frank was just about to join. robin was about to leave. it was a magical time to be a gnr fan. anyone who lived through that era can tell you. but lightening never strikes twice. it'd be unfair to expect any band to be able to keep that up forever.

it sure won't be easy

[ItsSuchACrimeUKnowItsTruee]

Its because of Bumblefoot.

[Jackie Moon]

the solos went over great in halifax 06. angie was amazing.

buckets 'hog bitch stomp' will forever be the best gnr solo

This post has been edited by Jackie Moon: 07 November 2009 - 05:30 AM

[rancid punks]

Jackie Moon, on 07 November 2009 - 05:29 AM, said:

the solos went over great in halifax 06. angie was amazing.

buckets 'hog bitch stomp' will forever be the best gnr solo

It sure would be for someone like yourself who wasn't lucky enough to see the band when Slash was in it. I am a fan of Bucket but I'd say that maybe 1% of the millions who have seen GnR would take a Bucket solo over Slash.

The only thing magical about Finck would be if he played Slash's songs properly.

As far as this "new" GNR goes,IMO the 2002 Brain/Bucket lineup blows the 06 Frank/Foot lineup away.

[IRS2008]

rancid punks, on 07 November 2009 - 06:36 AM, said:

Jackie Moon, on 07 November 2009 - 05:29 AM, said:

the solos went over great in halifax 06. angie was amazing.

buckets 'hog bitch stomp' will forever be the best gnr solo

It sure would be for someone like yourself who wasn't lucky enough to see the band when Slash was in it. I am a fan of Bucket but I'd say that maybe 1% of the millions who have seen GnR would take a Bucket solo over Slash.

True- seeing Slash perform the "Godfather Theme" back in the day is something that could never be matched. I'm just glad I got to witness it.

[gnr-dave]

The 2006 line up with frank and ron was shit.
The 2002 was by far more talented.

[Graeme]

gnr-dave, on 07 November 2009 - 11:46 PM, said:

The 2006 line up with frank and ron was shit.
The 2002 was by far more talented.

Thank you, oh great fucking authority on all matters GNR.

In 2006 they were far more of a band, they gelled properly onstage there WAS a real sense of chemistry between them all regardless of whether the 88-93 crowd wants to accept it or not. In 2002 it really did feel like a cobbled together set of musicians at times.

I've seen a lot of bands, the 2006 line up of Guns N Roses is still the best I've seen therefore, frankly i could not give a shit for anyone who would try and tell me they weren't anything other than superb.

This post has been edited by Graeme: 07 November 2009 - 06:58 PM

[Aussiegun]

The 2006 lineup looked more straight up rock n roll, compared to the 2001/02 freakshow